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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955327503321

Titolo

Critical issues in taxation and development / / edited by Clemens Fuest and George R. Zodrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2013

ISBN

9780262314190

0262314193

9781299470156

1299470157

9780262314183

0262314185

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Altri autori (Persone)

FuestClemens <1968->

ZodrowGeorge R

Disciplina

336.2009172/4

Soggetti

Taxation - Developing countries

Tax evasion - Developing countries

Economic development - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; I; 1 Introduction; 2 Taxation and Development-Again; II; 3 Do Companies View Bribes as a Tax? Evidence on the Tradeoff between Corporate Taxes and Corruption in the Location of FDI; 4 Do Corruption and Taxation Affect Corporate Investment in Developing Countries?; 5 Investment Treaties and Hydrocarbon Taxation in Developing Countries; III; 6 The Effect of a Low Corporate Tax Rate on Payroll Tax Evasion; 7 International Profit Shifting and Multinational Firms in Developing Countries; 8 Too Low to Be True: The Use of Minimum Thresholds to Fight Tax Evasion; IV

9 Fiscal Federalism and Foreign Transfers: Does Interjurisdictional Competition Increase the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid?10 Taxation and Democracy in Developing Countries; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Experts analyze the policy challenges of taxation in developing countries, including corruption, tax evasion, and ineffective political



structures.